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Main Author: Kaske, Neal K.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1977
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED165726
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contents A Report on the Level and Rate of Book Theft from the Main Stacks of the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Kaske, Neal K. Books Charts College Libraries Costs Facility Inventory Library Collections Library Research Records (Forms) Research Methodology Research Problems Research Proposals Stealing Tables (Data) In order to determine the extent of loss due to theft of books and bound journals from the main stacks of Doe Library, three types of inventories were conducted: a volume count, an item-by-item inventory of the D-classed materials, and three sample inventories. Depending on certain assumptions, the results show that losses could range as high as 4.48 percent and that there is strong evidence of an increasing rate of theft. Recommendations for improving methodology in a proposed follow-up to this study are provided, as well as tables presenting the collected data. Appended are the results of the loan department service survey, a draft proposal for measuring the level of theft from the main stacks of Doe Library, and the code book for those who desire to obtain in machine-readable form the data collected in the sample inventories. (JD)
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spellingShingle A Report on the Level and Rate of Book Theft from the Main Stacks of the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
Kaske, Neal K.
Books
Charts
College Libraries
Costs
Facility Inventory
Library Collections
Library Research
Records (Forms)
Research Methodology
Research Problems
Research Proposals
Stealing
Tables (Data)
A Report on the Level and Rate of Book Theft from the Main Stacks of the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Kaske, Neal K. Books Charts College Libraries Costs Facility Inventory Library Collections Library Research Records (Forms) Research Methodology Research Problems Research Proposals Stealing Tables (Data) In order to determine the extent of loss due to theft of books and bound journals from the main stacks of Doe Library, three types of inventories were conducted: a volume count, an item-by-item inventory of the D-classed materials, and three sample inventories. Depending on certain assumptions, the results show that losses could range as high as 4.48 percent and that there is strong evidence of an increasing rate of theft. Recommendations for improving methodology in a proposed follow-up to this study are provided, as well as tables presenting the collected data. Appended are the results of the loan department service survey, a draft proposal for measuring the level of theft from the main stacks of Doe Library, and the code book for those who desire to obtain in machine-readable form the data collected in the sample inventories. (JD)
title A Report on the Level and Rate of Book Theft from the Main Stacks of the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
topic Books
Charts
College Libraries
Costs
Facility Inventory
Library Collections
Library Research
Records (Forms)
Research Methodology
Research Problems
Research Proposals
Stealing
Tables (Data)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED165726